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15:50 Naas

Sunday 23 February 2025

All13:5014:2014:5015:2015:5016:2016:5017:20

Pertemps Network Group Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier)

Off time: 15:52 | Winning time: 6m 45.5s

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Selected odds by:

Senior Chief⁸⁵

Age: 8| Weight: 11-12| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead| OR: 135| D

13/2

Winner at Cheltenham over fences this season before creditable sixth of 13 in handicap chase at Newbury (26f, good to soft) 85 days ago. Back over smaller obstacles and interesting on handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 321P-16

Lucky Lyreen²²

Age: 7| Weight: 11-9| J: F Brickley⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 132

14/1

Best effort of the season when creditable sixth of 25 in handicap hurdle (16/1) at Leopardstown (24.1f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Place claims.

Form: 11P-086

Patter Merchant²²

Age: 6| Weight: 11-8| J: J Smith⁽⁵⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 131

7/1

Showed he could handle the demands of a big handicap when good fifth of 25 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (24.1f, good to soft) 22 days ago. Not ruled out.

Form: 7-13545

Eagles Reign^b³⁶

Age: 5| Weight: 11-5| J: T P Harney⁽⁷⁾| T: R O'Sullivan| OR: 128

40/1

Out of sorts at present and others arrive with stronger claims.

Form: 20-1670

Waittillitellyou^t¹⁴

Age: 11| Weight: 11-2| J: A P Kelly⁽⁵⁾| T: E Cawley| OR: 125

14/1

Still lightly-raced for his age and prove better than ever when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle (11/1) at Navan (21.8f, heavy) 14 days ago. Open to more improvement.

Form: 15/454-1

Harsh^p¹⁴

Age: 5| Weight: 11-1| J: P M O'Brien⁽⁷⁾| T: G Elliott| OR: 124

20/1

Disappointing last of 12 in handicap hurdle at Exeter (23.1f, soft) 14 days ago and yet to prove he stays this far.

Form: 609460

Maxi Mac Gold^b,t⁵⁷

Age: 6| Weight: 11-1| J: S W Flanagan| T: P Nolan| OR: 124

25/1

Blinkered for 1st time, respectable eighth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (23.4f, good, 17/2) 57 days ago and shaping as if still in good form.

Form: 143048

Falcon Eight^p³⁷

Age: 10| Weight: 11-0| J: Sam Ewing| T: D K Weld| OR: 123| D

18/1

Creditable seventh of 24 in a handicap hurdle at Fairyhouse on latest run in this sphere, before having a spin on the Flat last month. May need a good gallop to be seen to best effect.

Form: 13520/7

Millstream Lady⁵⁹

Age: 7| Weight: 11-0| J: C P McNamara| T: E McNamara| OR: 123| C

22/1

Course winner. Career best when winning 12-runner handicap hurdle at Limerick (20f, soft, 9/1) 59 days ago, responding well to pressure. Still relatively low-mileage but will need to improve again now into a stronger race.

Form: 126-401

Will The Wise⁴¹

Age: 6| Weight: 11-0| J: C Stone-Walsh⁽⁵⁾| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 123

11/4

Lightly-raced winner under NH rules. 5/2, career best when winning 8-runner novice hurdle at Punchestown (22f, soft) 41 days ago, only kept up to work late on. Makes appeal stepping up in trip on handicap hurdle debut.

Form: 11-2631

Ms Agartha Yeats⁵⁶

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: D J O'Keeffe| T: F G Hand| OR: 120

16/1

1 win from 2 runs this season. Latest win in hurdle at Wexford in October. 33/1, sixteenth of 20 in handicap hurdle at Leopardstown (19.8f, good) 56 days ago and needs to bounce back from that poor run.

Form: 02P8-10

The Story So Far^v²⁰

Age: 7| Weight: 10-11| J: P Byrnes| T: C Byrnes| OR: 120

14/1

Latest win in hurdle at Cork in January. Not suited by sharper test when fourth of 7 in handicap hurdle at Punchestown (19.4f, soft, 7/1) 20 days ago and can do better back at this sort of distance.

Form: 5-67214

Bridie's Beau⁸

Age: 6| Weight: 10-9| J: K C Sexton| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 118

14/1

Thriving at present, shrugged off a 14lb rise to land a 20-runner handicap hurdle (9/1) at Gowran (19.8f, heavy) 8 days ago, better value than the winning margin. Up a further 9 lb but more improvement could be on the cards.

Form: 860511

Cato's Revenge^p,t²⁷²

Age: 8| Weight: 10-9| J: T Power Roche⁽⁵⁾| T: P J Rothwell| OR: 118

28/1

Winner in hurdle at Limerick in December 2023. Bounced back to best when sixth of 15 in handicap hurdle at Ballinrobe (22.6f, good, 33/1), in May. Off 9 months and one to note in the betting returning with tongue strap back on.

Form: 13U90-6

Jody Ted^t²²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-7| J: D King| T: D Hogan| OR: 116

50/1

Continues out of sorts and is difficult to recommend at present.

Form: 1U-PP00

Heliko Conti³¹

Age: 8| Weight: 10-6| J: S F O'Keeffe| T: P Nolan| OR: 115

10/1

Rejuvenated by the step up in trip when good second of 18 in handicap hurdle at Gowran (24.3f, heavy) 31 days ago, sticking to task well. Could have more to offer as a staying hurdler.

Form: 80-6072

Jacovec Cavern²⁰

Age: 6| Weight: 10-6| J: D E Mullins| T: P Hennessy| OR: 115

16/1

Respectable effort when fifth of 7 at Punchestown (19.4f) having rejoined this yard after a stint with Emmet Mullins. Each-way claims.

Form: 686/885

West Is Awake^h,t1²²

Age: 9| Weight: 10-4| J: P T Enright| T: E Cawley| OR: 113| C

33/1

Continues below form and is hard to fancy on recent evidence.

Form: F66800

Jeriko De Baune³¹

Age: 6| Weight: 10-0| J: Niall Moore⁽⁵⁾| T: P Fenton| OR: 108

14/1

Not seen to best effect of late, including when below form eleventh of 18 in handicap hurdle (9/1) at Gowran (24.3f, heavy) 31 days ago. Cheekpieces on for 1st time and we may see him in a better light on this occasion.

Form: 3-95660

Forecasts

Will The Wise (11/4), Senior Chief (13/2), Patter Merchant (7/1), Heliko Conti (10/1), Lucky Lyreen (14/1), Jeriko De Baune (14/1), The Story So Far (14/1), Waittillitellyou (14/1), Bridie's Beau (14/1), Jacovec Cavern (16/1), Ms Agartha Yeats (16/1), Falcon Eight (18/1), Harsh (20/1), Millstream Lady (22/1), Maxi Mac Gold (25/1), Cato's Revenge (28/1), West Is Awake (33/1), Eagles Reign (40/1), Jody Ted (50/1)

BRIDIE'S BEAU is thriving at present and in a race without an abundance of pace, he won't be inconvenienced if this becomes a relative test of speed. He can land the hat-trick ahead of main danger and handicap debutant Will The Wise who is interesting stepping up in trip, while Heliko Conti could yet have more to offer as a staying hurdler.